Nailless horseshoe.



PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

A. KING.

NAILLESS HORSESHOB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1905.

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INVENTOR BY W n f ux Atzom'ey PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

A. KING.

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULYv19.1905.

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INVENTOR flfimie 1522 By W lT/VESSES:

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed July 19.1905. Serial No. 270,354-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPIIoNsE KING, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NaillessHorseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in nailless horseshoes, in which asolid horseshoe is provided with upward-extending lugs or ears bentinwardly to fit the shape of the hoof and having at its heel endstransverse angular holes. Corresponding angular shanks pass throughthese holes, having on one end upward lugs or ears bent inwardly to fitthe shape of the hoof and the other end screwbolts. By means of screwingthe nuts to the bolts these upright heel lugs or cars are pressedagainst the hoof, and as the hoof is very much beveled in the front partthe up ward lugs or ears at the front of the shoe hold the same firm upto the hoof, and as the heel being the narrowest part of the hoof thisprevents the shoe slipping forward on the hoof after the heel lugs orears are screwed tight to the shoe and hoof.

The object of my invention is to furnish a light adjustable horseshoewhich can easily be put on by any person without the use of nails andremoved when required. I attain this object by the device illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of theentire horseshoe. Fig. 2 is'a section on line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan and side View of the locking device of the nut. Fig. 4 is a sideView of the shoe attached to a hoof and showing an ornamentalname-plate. Fig. 5 is a top view of the shoe of a modified construction,and Fig. 6 is a section on line Y Y of Fig. 5.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a horseshoe of the common shape and size, having at the front partthree upward lugs or ears B, bent inwardly to fit the bevel of the hoof,and at the heel transverse angular holes C to receive the shanks of theclamping lugs or ears D, which are formed at their inner ends intoscrew-bolts E. At the upper outside wall of the angular holes 0 is arecess F to allow the lugs D to press against the hoof when the nuts arescrewed on the bolts E.

G represents calks of. the usual size. On the face of the shoe arelongitudinal grooves H to reduce the weight of the shoe.

To prevent the nuts from coming loose on the bolts E, a square washer Iis provided, having tongues on two opposite sides. One tongue K is bentdown, as shown in Fig. 8, and is placed on the bolt before the nut isscrewed on. When the nut is screwed up tight, the other tongue L is bentup close against the nut, whereby the same is locked. Should it bedesired that a name-plate N ornament the hoof, the same is screwed tothe hoof by small Wood-screws M, screwed through the lugs B D and thename-plate and into the hoof.

Figs. 5 and 6 show amodified construction of myhorseshoe, in which thebolts E, having right and left hand threads, respectively, are tightenedby a right and left hand nut 0 instead of having separate nuts.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a horseshoe having at its front part upwardlyand inwardly extended lugs and having calks at the heels and a hole ateach of said calks extending horizontally through the shoe, of clamping-,lugs having shanks fitted for longitudinal adjustment in said holes,and means on said shanks for tightening the clamping-lugs upon a hoof.

2. The combination with a horseshoe having at its front part upwardlyand inwardly extended lugs and at the heels holes extending horizontallythrough the shoe, of clamping lugs having shanks fitted for longitudinaladjustment in said holes, means on said shanks for tightening theclamping-lugs upon a hoof, a name-plate conformed to a hoof and fittedto the shoe for location thereon between said lugs and the hoof, andscrews passing through said lugs and name-plate and of suflicient lengthto enter the hoof.

3. The combination with a horseshoe having at its front part upwardlyand inwardly extended lugs and, at the heels, holes extendinghorizontally through the shoe, of a, Signed at San Antonio, Texas, this12th clamping-lug for each heel having a shank day of July, 1905. fittedfor longitudinal adjustment in the hole in its respective heel andterminated by a ALPHONSE KING screw-thread portion and a right-and-leftnut Witnesses: joining said lugs for tightening them upon a. EMILBEHRENS,

hoof. W. A. J. ROACHa

